Complex hydrides analysis

The analysis of such data leans heavily on analogy with the properties of complex hydrides of the transition metals (54) consequently, the clarification of the structure and properties of the latter should aid the characterization of chemisorbed hydrogen. Other experimental methods provide information about the condition of adsorbed hydrogen but direct structural data is lacking. 

A literature analysis [2-6] demonstrates that MS is produced by means of the interaction of methyldi- or methyltrichlorosilanes with ordinary or complex hydrides. Usually these reactions are conducted in a solvent medium. 

In 2009, Rauchfuss and coworkers succeeded in the synthesis of the Fe- i-H-Ni complex [(CO)3Fe(pdt)(p-H)Ni(dppe)]BF4 28 (pdt = 1,3-propanedithiolate, dppe = 1,2-C2H4(PPh2)2) as a model for [NiFeJ-hydrogenases (Scheme 64) [212]. The structure of 28 was characterized by X-ray crystallographic analysis. This is the first example of an Fe-Ni thiolato hydride complex. Evolution of H2 by electrochemical reduction of CF3CO2H (pXa = 12.65) was observed in the presence of the catalytic amounts of 28. 

These spectroscopic data support a square-pyramidal structure in solution with the phosphines mutually trans disposed, the chloride and the carbonyl group occupying the basal sites, and the hydride ligand located at the apex. This structure fully agrees with that found in the solid state, by X-ray diffraction analysis for the related compound OsHCl(CO)(PCy3)218, and for ab initio DFT (Becke 3LYP) methods for the model complex OsHC1(CO)(PH3)2.19... 

Cp 2Sm(jU-H)]2, (188), affords very high-molecular-weight PMMA with very low polydispersities (typically < 1.05).453-456 At — 95 °C the polymer formed is highly syndiotactic (95% rr triad). Isolation and X-ray analysis of (189), the 1 2 complex of (188) and MMA, provides strong support for the participation of a metal-enolate as the active site. (189) behaves in an identical manner to the hydride precursor, converting 100 equivalents MMA to polymer with Mn= 11,000 and Mw/Mn= 1.03.457 The successful structural characterization of (189) provides support for intermediates proposed earlier.458,459... 

The UV-vis spectral analysis confirms the appearance of a new charge-transfer absorption band of the complexes of colorless a-donors (R3MH) and the n-acceptor (TCNE). In accord with Mulliken theory, the absorption maxima (Act) of the [R3MH, TCNE] complexes shift toward blue with increasing ionization potential of the metal hydrides (i.e., tin > germanium > silicon) as listed in Table 8. 

General Methods. Methanol used in kinetic runs was distilled from sodium methoxide or calcium hydride in a nitrogen atmosphere before use. Freshly distilled cyclohexanol was added to the methanol in the ratio 6.0 ml cyclohexanol/200 ml MeOH and was used as an internal standard for gas chromatographic (GC) analysis. Benzaldehyde was distilled under vacuum and stored under nitrogen at 5°. Other aldehydes (purchased from Aldrich) were also distilled before use. The corresponding alcohols (purchased from Aldrich) were distilled and used to prepare GC standards. All metal carbonyl cluster complexes were purchased from Strem Chemical Company and used as received. Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was distilled from sodium benzophenone under nitrogen before use. 

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